Where does Infinitesima Limited rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Infinitesima Limited ranks #13,484 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Infinitesima Limited hold?

Infinitesima Limited holds 22 US utility patents granted between 2015 and 2024, spanning 6 technology areas.

What is Infinitesima Limited's Innovation Score?

Infinitesima Limited has an Innovation Score of 32.9 out of 100 (43rd percentile of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

Is Infinitesima Limited's patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Infinitesima Limited's recent grant velocity is -71% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). Grant activity has slowed relative to earlier years.

What does claim depth mean for Infinitesima Limited's patents?

Infinitesima Limited's patents average 17.9 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Infinitesima Limited patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView Foreign Corporation

Infinitesima Limited

Q: What technology areas does Infinitesima Limited focus on?

Infinitesima Limited's top technology area is G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]) with 22 patents, ranking #5 of 81 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 6 CPC subclasses total.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 22 granted patents across 6 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2015–2024. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Infinitesima ranks #13,484 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 22 patents across 6 technology areas.

#13,484
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: 43rd percentile
by Innovation Score (32.9/100): 17.9
avg claims per patent: -71%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R13484 · Foreign Corporation #13,484 · 22 grants

GRANTS-SMALL · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-RICH · TYPE-FRNCORP · VEL-DROP · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-SMALL 22 grants
MID-PACK #13,484/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Idea Nuova
CPC-NARROW G01Q · 6 areas
INNOV-THIN 32.9/100
CLAIMS-RICH 17.9 claims/avg
TYPE-FRNCORP Foreign Corp
VEL-DROP -71% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Idea Nuova, Inc. (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Infinitesima’s 32.9 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 10.8 pts (33%) Velocity 2.7 pts (8%) Breadth 8.7 pts (26%) Claim depth 10.7 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Infinitesima · this assignee

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3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Infinitesima's Innovation Score is 32.9/100 (43rd percentile of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Infinitesima?

Each dot is one of Infinitesima’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Infinitesima’s own 17.9 claims/patent is ABOVE the 7.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Infinitesima vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Infinitesima's grants concentrate

Infinitesima Limited is a focused PatentsView assignee: 6 CPC subclasses with 100% of grants classified under G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]). Peak complete grant year is 2016 (4 grants) versus a trough of 1 in 2020. By volume, Infinitesima sits between Idea Nuova, Inc. and Inzicontrols Co., Ltd.

Infinitesima's three-year grant acceleration

Infinitesima Limited shows 2 grants in 2022–2024 against only 5 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Idea Nuova

22
IHI Machinery AND…

22
Imax Theatres Int…

22
Importla

22
International Cur…

22
Inthesmart

22
Inventisbio

22
Inzicontrols

22
Infinitesima ◀

22

What this shows Infinitesima holds 22 patents at rank #13,479, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Infinitesima

By rank, the assignees closest to #13,479 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR Apparatus)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Infinitesima's primary technology class.

Infinitesima's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

33 43rd percentile higher than 43% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2015–2024

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2015–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Infinitesima Limited patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2015	3	13.6%
2016	4	18.2%
2017	4	18.2%
2018	4	18.2%
2019	2	9.1%
2020	1	4.5%
2021	2	9.1%
2023	1	4.5%
2024	1	4.5%

Which technologies does Infinitesima Limited patent most?

G01Q - Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM] 22

B82Y - Specific Uses OR Applications OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Measurement OR Analysis OF NANOSTRUCTURES; Manufacture OR Treatment OF Nanostructures 5

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 3

G01N - Investigating OR Analysing Materials BY Determining Their Chemical OR Physical Properties 3

G11B - Information Storage Based ON Relative Movement Between Record Carrier AND Transducer 2

G03F - Photomechanical Production OF Textured OR Patterned Surfaces, e.g. FOR Printing, FOR Processing OF Semiconductor DEVICES; Materials THEREFOR; Originals THEREFOR; Apparatus Specially Adapted THEREFOR; 2

Top 6 of 6 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Infinitesima Limited's patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Infinitesima Limited's lead technology class is G01Q (Scanning-probe Techniques OR APPARATUS; Applications OF Scanning-probe Techniques, e.g. Scanning Probe Microscopy [SPM]), 100% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore G01Q
Ranked #13,484 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Infinitesima Limited against Idea Nuova, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 32.9/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the USPTO PatentsView database. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent , US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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